a cat-like utility for parsing Minecraft formatting codes into ANSI escape codes for viewing on a terminal.
cat-like - supports reading from stdin or files as arguments- supports all 16 color codes
- supports all 6 format codes
- supports Minecraft 1.16 RGB color codes (§x)
- supports 24-bit color terminals and converts RGB codes to 256-color otherwise
- written in C for speed
requires CMake.
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
if you are on a rush and cannot use CMake, you may compile this using any compiler, e.g.:
gcc -o mcformat main.c
./mcformat [FILES ...]
FILES is optional.
if FILES is not provided, reads from standard input; otherwise reads from the specified files.
supported encodings?
UTF-8 only.
does this support ampersand format codes too?
no, it does not. it only supports Minecraft standard section sign (§) formatting codes.
does this support raw JSON text?
no, and it will not.